It’s available for pre-order now, and we expect to see other retailers offering it soon. The Apple iPad 10.2 (2021) will go on sale on September 24. With prices starting from $329 / £319 / AU$499, the new iPad 10.2 is one of the best cheap tablets and is best suited to anyone purchasing their first iPad, or looking to replace an older iPad that isn’t compatible with iPadOS 15. As well as not offering Face ID, it lacks the recalibrating speakers found on Apple’s other tablets, while those looking for a laptop-style experience that includes the trackpad and clickable keys of the Apple Magic Keyboard will have to look to the more expensive iPad Air, as the iPad 10.2 (2021) only works with first-generation accessories. However, the new iPad 10.2 (2021) isn’t perfect. iPadOS 15 adds to the slick experience, bringing features including easier-to-use multitasking features, along with the ability to place widgets anywhere on the screen.

The new iPad has the same 10-hour battery life as its predecessor, and there’s a 20W fast charger in the box, which when used with the bundled USB-C-to-Lightning cable ensures it’s quick to juice up the slate.

It also features the handy Center Stage feature, which debuted on the iPad Pro (2021), which pans and zooms the camera automatically to ensure that you’re always in frame during video calls. In a nod to the unprecedented times we’ve all recently experienced, and the attendant Zoom boom, the front-facing selfie camera has been boosted to 12MP.

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